[PATCH v3 04/12] string-list: add unsorted_string_list_remove()

From

Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>

Date

Mar 1, 2026, 18:44 UTC

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<20260301184500.1488433-5-adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>

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Suggested-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Ratiu <adrian.ratiu@collabora.com>
---
 string-list.c | 9 +++++++++
 string-list.h | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/string-list.c b/string-list.c
index fffa2ad4b6..d260b873c8 100644
--- a/string-list.c
+++ b/string-list.c
@@ -281,6 +281,15 @@ void unsorted_string_list_delete_item(struct string_list *list, int i, int free_
 	list->nr--;
 }
 
+void unsorted_string_list_remove(struct string_list *list, const char *str,
+				 int free_util)
+{
+	struct string_list_item *item = unsorted_string_list_lookup(list, str);
+	if (item)
+		unsorted_string_list_delete_item(list, item - list->items,
+						 free_util);
+}
+
 /*
  * append a substring [p..end] to list; return number of things it
  * appended to the list.
diff --git a/string-list.h b/string-list.h
index 3ad862a187..b86ee7c099 100644
--- a/string-list.h
+++ b/string-list.h
@@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ struct string_list_item *unsorted_string_list_lookup(struct string_list *list,
  */
 void unsorted_string_list_delete_item(struct string_list *list, int i, int free_util);
 
+/**
+ * Remove the first item matching `str` from an unsorted string_list.
+ * No-op if `str` is not found. If `free_util` is non-zero, the `util`
+ * pointer of the removed item is freed before deletion.
+ */
+void unsorted_string_list_remove(struct string_list *list, const char *str,
+				 int free_util);
+
 /**
  * Split string into substrings on characters in `delim` and append the
  * substrings to `list`.  The input string is not modified.

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